…a holistic candle from the Candle Cottage is your only man.
‘Chandler’ Ingé writes:
I am a Kildare-based chandler, and create Holistic Soyabean Candles. My business is called Candle Cottage and my range includes Hot Oil Massage Candles (You actually pour these on your skin and come in seasonal blends), and Aromatherapy Candles (these you burn like any other candle with each one designed to stimulate a Chakra point)…
Warriors of The Light is an evening of music, poetry and storytelling organised by Dublin GAA star Kevin McManamon and his best friend Mark Swaine.
The event is a forum where people share stories about mental health, and their tools for maintaining wellbeing.
All proceeds from the gig will go to SOAR, an organisation which runs wellness programmes for young people.
The inaugural event in May included performances from Danny O’Reilly (The Coronas), Róisín Ó, Cry Monster Cry and Stephen James Smith, and this Friday, more of the country’s finest talent will take to the stage. All will be revealed on the night!
Warriors Of The Light takes place in Café Blás (The Chocolate Factory), 26 King’s Inns St, Dublin 1 on Friday, December 9, with doors opening at 7pm and the show starting at 7.30pm. Tickets can be purchased at link below. Thank you.
Last week, we offered you the chance to win a fluttering €25 voucher for Golden Discs, usable at any of music giant’s 14 locations around the country.
We asked you to complete this sentence:
‘The finest exponent of the bass guitar in contemporary music would have to be_______________________especially during_____________________________’
It was another hard one to call…
But ‘Yer Man There’ has it.
The finest exponent of the bass guitar in contemporary music would have to be James Jamerson especially during the Motown era of Marvin Gaye. His playing is the stuff of legend, and not something that they teach in no fancy music schools. Listen to the way he carves out his own space by shifting ahead of the beat or behind it, or sitting on a note unexpectedly, while never sacrificing the groove or taking away from Marvin Gaye’s vocal (as if that was possible). An extremely influential musician who unfortunately never got the recognition he deserved and lived a poor, hard life.
Hard to argue, that.
Some more highlights from the going:
Yep: “The finest exponent of the bass guitar in contemporary music would have to be Victor Wooten, of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones especially during Amazing Grace. Showing mastery of technique while transforming the song from sonic bliss to infectious grove and everywhere between.”
Martin: “The finest exponent of the bass guitar in contemporary music would have to be Jaco Pastorius, especially during his life.”
Royal M: “The finest exponent of the bass guitar in contemporary music would have to be Geddy Lee of Rush especially during Digital Man from the Signals album.”
Birneybau2: “Stephen Morris, amazing. Bernard Sumner, terrible lyricist, amazing guitarist. Ian Curtis, one of the greatest. Peter Hook; ’nuff said.”
Serval: “The finest exponent of the bass guitar in contemporary music would have to be Andy Rourke, especially during This Charming Man.”
Thanks all
Bassists (above) clockwise from top left: James Jamerson; Andy Rourke; Victor Wooton; Jaco Pastorius; Geddy Lee; Peter Hook.
Clery’s, [O”Connell Street, Dublin 1] 1982. I was terrified of Santa and wouldn’t let go of my Mother’s hand (I’m the girl). I cried a lot afterwards….
Mmf.
Meanwhile…
Eek!
Paul Flynn writes:
I remember vividly the sweet scent of Major fags and McArdles. Circa 1976, Dundalk Shopping Centre (aka Penny’s)…
Care to share your joy from the department store grotto? Santa Claus and YOU to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Santa And Me’.
Protesters, including Cystic Fibrosis sufferer Jillian McNulty (above) outside Leinster House expressing dismay at the Health Service Executive decision to not fund the Cystic Fibrosis Orkambi tablet over ‘exorbitant charging’. The drug costs $259,000 a year in the United States.
Meanwhile, inside the Dáil chamber:
….Enda Kenny said there was a big difference between the €160,000 being sought per patient annually by Vertex (makers of Orkambi and the €30,000 value put on the drug by the National Pharmaceutical Agency.
Amid exchanges with the Opposition, Mr Kenny said he did not hear the company say it was prepared to come way down on the price.
“If they are prepared to come way down from €160,000 per patient, well then let us see what they are talking about,’’ he added.
01. Chris and Aimie (no surnames) are the transatlantic synth-pop duo LE BOOM, based between Dublin and Brooklyn.
02. Hotly tipped by the Irish Times and State.ie for bigger things domestically, their work in the U.S. is paying off, with recent glowing reviews from Paste Magazine.
03. Streaming above is the video for single What We Do, a taster of their first formal release due next year. Filmed in Brooklyn, with featured dancer Breckyn Drescher.
Verdict: Super-tight synth-pop with indie touches, the duo easily has it in them to elude the big-name comparisons and put their own stamp on Irish electronica.
